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Arctic 'holds 90bln barrels of oil, mostly offshore'

18 hours ago | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 8 vote(s) | User comments: 8

Within the Arctic circle there are 90 billion barrels of oil and vast quantities of natural gas waiting to be tapped, most of it offshore, the government-run US Geological Survey said.


Study: Typhoons bury tons of carbon in the oceans

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A single typhoon in Taiwan buries as much carbon in the ocean -- in the form of sediment -- as all the other rains in that country all year long combined. That's the finding of an Ohio State University study published in ...


Scientists break record by finding northernmost hydrothermal vent field

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Well inside the Arctic Circle, scientists have found black smoker vents farther north than anyone has ever seen before. The cluster of five vents – one towering nearly four stories in height – are venting ...


Russian scientists begin trial exploration of world's deepest lake

18 hours ago | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 7 vote(s) | User comments: 1

Russian scientists leading a submarine expedition to probe the world's deepest lake on Thursday carried out test dives ahead of the start of the operation next week, reports said.